Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-08
CATARRHI
Throat Diseases. Bronchitis. Asthma
CONSUMPTION,
Together with diseases of the
Eye, Ear and Heart,
Successfully treated by
Million Williams, N. D., M.C.P.S.O.
No. 275 Main street,
NEXT THE DIAMOND HOUSE, 10
ANGELES, CAL.
G A T A r r H .
THE TERM CATARRH Is AP-

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nustrils and adjacent parts, which prevails
to an alarming extent and is productive OF
very serious consequences.
The most prominent and Characteristic
features is a morbid discharge from the
head, varying in its nature at different
times.
Iu some there is an almost cor slant fiow
of clear. acid fluid, but oftener an offensive,
purult mt, or muco-purulent, gIeenish-yel-
low matter is secreted, which accumulates
in the nostrils or Drops into the throat,
uecessitating its frequent removal by blow
ing the hose or expectoration, and often by
boen processes. Sometimes patients feel as
though their whole head was in a state of
rottenness, so great is the amount of matter
discharged ana so fetid is Its odor. The
patient is greatly annoyed by the constant
dropping into the throat of the morbid
matter from the head, and as a recumbent
position nsturall- favors the flow down
wa. d, his rest is frequently disturbed from
this cause. Many sufferers are obliged to
lie with the head very much elevated in
order to sleep with some degree of com
fort.
In others a tough, viscid and off nsive
phlegm collects behind and above the soft
palate, in the passage between the throat
and head, adherlng to the parts with gluisb
tenacity. Its Judgment embarrasses respi-
ration and creates sensation OF irritation
and uneasiness in the affected locality,
which gives rise to a constant aud almost
Irresistible desire to relieve the discomfort
by drawing the mucous into the throat SO as
to eject it by the mouth. This practice.
popularity known as hawking" is chsrac
teristic of catsrrh, and proves as embar.
RAISING to the one affected as il is disagree
able to those around him
Again, the offensive matter hardens and
deposits itself on the membrane in the
shape OF dry, hard conereLions, which are
discharged by way of the nosirlls or throat
in Jumps or fragments of a deep green tint
In some cases these incrustations accumu-
late to such an extent as to form regular
MIR in hfnH hist lafr
and prodnces serious discomfort. So firmly
do these incrustations adhere TO the point
of attachment that their removal u .ually
enquiries the most violent efforts; not unfre
quently they have to be torn from the mem
brane. Occasionally solid cast of notable
size Is expelled, on which there are geper
ally traces OF blood, but In some cases the
cast presents tubular appearance, being
of exact shape of the nasal cavity. This
condition is indicative OF liberation, which
in time may destroy the bony structure of
the nose and produce subsequent fiatten-
ing of that organ.
Gases are occasionally met with in which
a thick, viscid, shiny secretion coats the
membrane OF the nasal cavities and then
putrifes, giving rise to a stencil which is
really overpowering and sufficiently fetid
to poison the atmosphere of a whole room;
and there are others in which all the secre-
tions of the membrane are suspended, caus.
ing sn unpleasant feeling of dryness, heat
and feverishness in the head and nose-s
CbhdlllOh pbpulhAly Oh'
tarrh."
The disease speedily extends to the air
cavities of the bones of the forehead and
face, giving rise to distressing sensation
of heavy weight or compression over the
| forehead, especially in the region above
and between the eyes, and to a feeling OF
fulluess, heat, irritation, soreness or pain
| in the nostrils near the root of the nose,V
well as in the upper p3rtnf the throat, above
and behind the soft palate. Sometimes
| there is pain obstinately fixed in some par.
| ticulaI part, MS in the temple, on the top OF
the head, at the back of the neck, or behind
| the orbits, and occasionally pain manfiests
itself in the face OF so severe a character
| that ii is frequently mistaken for neuralgia
The breath Is ALWAYS tainted and Mt times
| assumes an exceeding fetid and sickening
| odor. In some cases 1t becomes so revolt.
| ingly offensive as to render the sufferer
an object of disgust to himself as well as to
| others.
The nasal membrane is thickened and
congested, causing the nose 10 be stopped
up. sometimes on one side. sometimes on
| the other, and Often on both, giving ris G to
| disagreeable stuify sensation in the head,
and occasioning violent and prulonhed
| paroxysms Of sIeeZing.
The voice is weak, indistinct and husky,
or OF nasal Character, displaying a sort OF
| smiling quality. OfteDtimes there is a con
tinuous hoarseuess and discordance. There
| is also sense OF irritation in the throat
and frequent attempts to clear the parts OF
phlegm, producing the sound Them" more
| or less forcibly. In some cases patients
complain of an uncomfortable feeling of
\ fullness, or choky sensation in the throat
and i'll others of a distressing and almost
| constant dryness, for the temporary relief
of which they have to swallow frequently.
Others, again, speak of constant bad or
nauseous taste i'll the mouth or throat.
The stomach generally suffers more or
less and becomes weak and irritable; the
appetite is eapricious and nearly always bad
in the morning. The patient is languid, un-
able , 70 perform mental mental, or physical labor
pressed in spirits, at times fearful. timid,
agitated and inclined to drowsiness and
sleep, the memory weakened and perman.
ent impairment threatened.
The mucus membrane soon becomes NOR
bidly sensitive to unfavorable influences,
and in spite of the utmost care becomes af.
fected from the slightest causes, so that at
last breath of wind uIon he lining of the
nose or throat becomes productive OF cold,
| and gives rise to serious disturbances of the
respiratory organs. Thus the patient is sub
ject to frequent and repeated colds, each
attack aggravating the disease by giving 1t
a new impulse and involving larger ex-
tent or surface than its predecessor. In this
manner the difficulty spreads from organ to
| organ, invading the throat, larynx, trachea
and bronchial tubes, until, encroaching
further aud further, it reaches the finer
qualifications of the bronchi, when but a
slight impulse is required to send ii to the
lungs. Catarrh may, and often does, affect
other organs in the body, especially those
containing mucus membrane such as the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, etc.
By the employment OF proper inhalations
IN the form OF medicated vapor mot steam
or spray we are able to produce immediate
and direct action upon the diseased surface
IN the pharynx and nasal passages, for air
VIII nnd.its way into the most remote and
intricate cavities, where IL is utterly impos-
sible to make fluid applications. By these
means every case can be cured.
oZRNA.
Ozpna is the professional or technical
name given to the advanced form of catarrh
IN which liberation has eaten through the
membrane lining of the nose to the cartil-
age OF the bone. Any case of catarrh may
END III ozoena, but 1t most frequently occurs
In those who are naturally scrofulous. The
discharge takes place through the nostrils
or through the throat, and is generally of a
yellcwish or greenish yellow color, freqent.
~ tinged with blood, and almost always at
tended by an offensive smell; In the Ian.
disease is ore of the most obdurate and
disagreeable which the physician has to
encounter. In bad cases the breath OF the
Pstlent becomes so revolving as to isolate
him from society and to render him an OBJ.
1ect OF disgust even to himself" In some
cases pieces OF bone become separated and
slough off, leaving deep, unhealthy ulcers.
, WhIcn secaete bloody matter and are ex.
continued for some time the sense of smell
usually becomes impaired and often lost.
deafness Is one OF the most common conse-
auences, and results from its extension
through the eustachian tnbes to the Internal
ear Pains in the head and over the frontal
slnuses, impsiring memory, and even in
sanity frequently springs frem its extension
~ cne praln' me greatest danger, however,
because the most common, is that 1t will
extend downward and affect the lungs. In
uose cases OF pulmonary disease catarrh Is
present In some degree, and In many in.
tents discomfort ="
BESIDES these grave consequences, all of
v men are liable to spring from sero fuous
,atarrh or ozDna, there are others which, II
ess dangerous, are sufficiently unpleasant
: occasions great unhappiness tot thousands
u both sexes, by isolating them and pre-.
,enung their settlement In life. An often
i've running from the nose, with foul
'rea,h, Is about as great calamity as can
,eIail young. people. for no young people
mould ever think of marrying while affiict-
Those who visit Southern Califorpya ofto.